The product works. Period!
Written: Feb 25 '07 (Updated Oct 23 '09)
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Pros: It works. Keeps toilet clean.
Cons: Pricey when you have many toilets.
The Bottom Line: I recommend it because it works. If you don't mind paying the money for it, then buy it.
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| boeingman1's Full Review: Kaboom NeverScrub Self-Cleaning Toilet Kit |
Update 10/22/09. Still using this product in all our toilets and everything works great.
I have been buying this product since before it was under the Kaboom name. I have used it on three toilets for about 3 years or so. I suspect Orange Glo International, who appears to own the Kaboom name, purchased the rights or whatever to relabel this product and change the opaque container to purple. I think it used to be just under the name Neverscrub. I cannot find the original product, only this product now. I noticed also that the price has mysteriously gone up about 2-3$ per system and the refills have also gone up about a buck since the kaboom name was added.
Anyway, the principle is quite simple. This product releases chlorine into the water that fills your bowl. It is a weak solution but enough to keep your toilet clean. My toilet gets a red slimy substance on it after a while and this does not appear while this product is used.
The way it works is that the small water stream that fills the bowl after flushing is redirected through this system and a small amount of bleach is diluted into this stream. For the first week or so there is a strong bleach smell but it does dissipate.
The large chlorine tablets that people still buy are NO GOOD! Of course they work but they cause irreversible damage to the rubber and plastic parts in the toilet tanks. I know this first hand since the previous owners of our house used them and I had to replace ALL the parts of All thre toilets. You do not want a bleach solution in the tank sitting there, corroding your parts and deteriorating your plastic pieces. This system directs the bleach directly into the bowl.
Chlorine is a disinfectant I guess and perhaps an antibacterial chemical I imagine. I don't know if this product can be classified as such since it is so diluted. I also cannot attest to the fact that it removes rust or water stains since my water isn't hard or rusty.
There are hard to find but Walmart has them for around $8. I find that to be a ripoff since it used to be about $5. They do last about 3 months depending on how often the toilet is flushed.
I am not sure what the other poster was talking about when giving this product a one star rating when complaining about the refill. You are not supposed to break open the refill and pour in the contents. The refill is a self-contained drop in cartridge which can release a little irritating dust. I would follow the directions and use gloves or wash hands immediately after using product.
As far as installation goes, it probably takes about a minute. You lift your lid, pull off the little hose on the flush valve and hook the product up to the little spigot by pushing on the little tube. Then the product is hung inside the bowl and a tube is directed into the water return hole. All done.
With tax these units are about 10$ plus refills are about $6. So after the first year, assuming 3 months per cartridge, you will pay $10 plus $18 so $28 per toilet or about $2.33 a month or about 8 cents a day. For three toilets it is about $84 a year. When put in those terms the product seems pricey. A scrub brush is about $5.
If you clean your toilets with a Chlorox disposable brush at 50 cents per disposable head and clean once a week, it is about $25 a year and I imagine you can use the same head for all three toilets if you make sure it doesn't drip while your walking from bathroom to bathroom.
Recommended:
Yes
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